2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Mistrzostwa Świata U-20 w Piłce Nożnej 2019
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	23 May – 15 June[1]
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Ecuador
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	153 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	377,338 (7,257 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erling Haaland (9 goals)[2]
Best player(s)	Lee Kang-in[2]
Best goalkeeper	Andriy Lunin[2]
Fair play award	Japan[2]
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The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The tournament was hosted by Poland between 23 May and 15 June 2019.^[3][1] This was the first FIFA tournament hosted by Poland; the country had hosted UEFA international football events in the past including the UEFA Euro 2012 with Ukraine and the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

England won the previous tournament in South Korea, but did not qualify for the tournament after finishing sixth at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Finland. In doing so, they became the sixth consecutive incumbent title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament.

Ukraine won their first FIFA U-20 World Cup title after beating South Korea 3–1 in the final. They did it in their first appearance further than the round of 16, becoming the first team from a former Soviet republic to win a FIFA competition title since its dissolution in 1991. Soviet Union, whose record is now inherited by Russia, previously won the inaugural U-20 World Cup in 1977.

Host selection

The bidding process to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was launched by FIFA in June 2017.^[4] A member association may bid for both tournaments, but they would be awarded to different hosts.^[5]

Candidate countries

Two countries submitted formal bids to host the tournament.

•  India^[6]
•  Poland^[7]

FIFA announced Poland as the hosts after the FIFA Council meeting on 16 March 2018 in Bogotá, Colombia.^[3] Poland won the bid over India in a 9–5 vote.

Qualified teams

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Poland, who qualified automatically as hosts, 23 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 10 June 2018.^[8]

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia)	2018 AFC U-19 Championship	Qatar	4th	2015	Runners-up (1981)
		Japan	10th	2017	Runners-up (1999)
		South Korea	15th	2017	Fourth place (1983)
		Saudi Arabia	9th	2017	Round of 16 (2011, 2017)
CAF (Africa)	2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations	Senegal	3rd	2017	Fourth place (2015)
		Nigeria	12th	2015	Runners-up (1989, 2005)
		South Africa	4th	2017	Round of 16 (2009)
		Mali	7th	2015	Third place (1999, 2015)
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Mexico	16th	2017	Runners-up (1977)
		Panama	6th	2015	Group stage (2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015)
		United States	16th	2017	Fourth place (1989)
		Honduras	8th	2017	Group stage (1977, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017)
CONMEBOL (South America)	2019 South American U-20 Championship	Argentina	16th	2017	Champions (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
		Uruguay	15th	2017	Runners-up (1997, 2013)
		Ecuador	4th	2017	Round of 16 (2001, 2011)
		Colombia	10th	2015	Third place (2003)
OFC (Oceania)	2018 OFC U-19 Championship	New Zealand	6th	2017	Round of 16 (2015, 2017)
		Tahiti	2nd	2009	Group stage (2009)
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Poland	5th	2007	Third place (1983)
	2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship	Italy	7th	2017	Third place (2017)
		Portugal	12th	2017	Champions (1989, 1991)
		Ukraine	4th	2015	Round of 16 (2001, 2005, 2015)
		France	7th	2017	Champions (2013)
		Norway	3rd	1993	Group stage (1989, 1993)

Venues

Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Gdynia, Łódź, Lublin and Tychy were the six cities hosting the competition. Lubin (not to confuse with Lublin) ended up withdrawn from the list due to hotel capacity troubles and was replaced by Bielsko-Biała.

Bielsko-Biała	Bydgoszcz	Gdynia
Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała Stadium)	Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka (Bydgoszcz Stadium)	Stadion Miejski (Gdynia Stadium)
Capacity: 15,076	Capacity: 20,247	Capacity: 15,139
Bielsko-Biała Bydgoszcz Gdynia Łódź Lublin Tychy 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Poland)
Łódź	Lublin	Tychy
Stadion Widzewa (Łódź Stadium)	Arena Lublin (Lublin Stadium)	Stadion Miejski (Tychy Stadium)
Capacity: 18,008	Capacity: 15,500	Capacity: 15,600

Organization

The emblem was unveiled on 14 December 2018. The emblem features a crocus, a flower that blooms every spring in Poland combined with the colors of the Polish flag, symbolising the new faces that will emerge to shape the tournament's trophy.^[9]

Grzywek, the official mascot was unveiled on 23 February 2019 one day before the final draw. Grzywek is inspired by a Polish bison distinctive name comes from the Polish word for "mane" – the long and coarse hair that adorns the neck of this striking animal – and also symbolises the country's pride at hosting its first ever FIFA competition.^[10]

Draw and schedule

The match schedule was unveiled on 14 December 2018, the same day as the official emblem.^[11]

The final draw was held on 24 February 2019, 17:30 CET (UTC+1), at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia.^[12][13] The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. The hosts Poland were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-20 World Cups (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), with bonus points awarded to confederation champions. Teams from Pot 1 were drawn first, followed by Pot 2, Pot 3, and finally Pot 4, with each team (apart from Poland) also drawn to one of the positions within their group. No group could contain more than one team from each confederation.^[14]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Poland (Hosts/A1)  Portugal  Uruguay  France  United States  Mexico	Mali  Nigeria  New Zealand  Colombia  South Korea  Italy	Saudi Arabia  Senegal  Argentina  Ecuador  Ukraine  Honduras	Japan  South Africa  Panama  Norway  Qatar  Tahiti

Match officials

A total of 21 refereeing trios (a referee and two assistant referees), 6 support referees, and 20 video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.^[15][16]

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees	Support referee	Video assistant referees
AFC	Ahmed Al-Kaf	Abu Bakar Al-Amri Rashid Al-Ghaithi	Ilgiz Tantashev	Ammar Al-Jeneibi Khamis Al-Marri Fu Ming
	Muhammad Taqi	Ronnie Koh Min Kiat Abdul Hannan bin Abdul Hasim
	Adham Makhadmeh	Ahmad Al-Roalle Mohammad Al-Kalaf
CAF	Mustapha Ghorbal	Mahmoud Ahmed Kamel Mokrane Gourari		Bakary Gassama Gehad Grisha Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
		Elvis Noupue Seydou Tiama
		Olivier Safari Souleimane Amaldine
CONCACAF	Ismail Elfath	Kyle Atkins Corey Parker		Alan Kelly
		Pablo Hernández José Martínez
		Walter López Helpys Feliz
CONMEBOL		Danilo Manis Bruno Pires		Julio Bascuñán Wilton Sampaio Gery Vargas
		Richard Trinidad Martín Soppi
		Jorge Urrego Tulio Moreno
	Fernando Rapallini	Diego Bonfá Gabriel Chade
OFC	Abdelkader Zitouni	Folio Moeaki Bernard Mutukera		—
UEFA	Benoît Bastien	Hicham Zakrani Frédéric Haquette	Sandro Schärer	Artur Soares Dias Marco Guida Alejandro Hernández Hernández Juan Martínez Munuera Benoît Millot Paweł Raczkowski Pol van Boekel
	Jesús Gil Manzano	Ángel Nevado Rodríguez Diego Barbero Sevilla
	Ivan Kružliak	Tomaš Somoláni Branislav Hancko
	Davide Massa	Filippo Meli Fabiano Preti
	Michael Oliver	Simon Bennett Stuart Burt
	Daniel Siebert	Jan Seidel Rafael Foltyn
	Slavko Vinčić	Tomaž Klančnik Andraž Kovačič

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 and on or before 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match.^[17]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).^[18]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:^[17]

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 points;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
   • Direct red card: −4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Poland (H)	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	Tahiti	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	13	5	+8	3
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mali	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Panama	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Poland	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4	Knockout stage
2	D	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	B	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	E	Panama	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
5	F	Portugal	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
6	C	Norway	3	1	0	2	13	5	+8	3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team is allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.^[17]

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams will be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:^[17]

Third-placed teams qualify from groups							1A vs	1B vs	1C vs	1D vs
A	B	C	D				3C	3D	3A	3B
A	B	C		E			3C	3A	3B	3E
A	B	C			F		3C	3A	3B	3F
A	B		D	E			3D	3A	3B	3E
A	B		D		F		3D	3A	3B	3F
A	B			E	F		3E	3A	3B	3F
A		C	D	E			3C	3D	3A	3E
A		C	D		F		3C	3D	3A	3F
A		C		E	F		3C	3A	3F	3E
A			D	E	F		3D	3A	3F	3E
	B	C	D	E			3C	3D	3B	3E
	B	C	D		F		3C	3D	3B	3F
	B	C		E	F		3E	3C	3B	3F
	B		D	E	F		3E	3D	3B	3F
		C	D	E	F		3C	3D	3F	3E

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2 June – Łódź

Colombia (p)

1 (5)

7 June – Łódź

New Zealand

1 (4)

Colombia

0

3 June – Tychy

Ukraine

1

Ukraine

4

11 June – Gdynia

Panama

1

Ukraine

1

2 June – Gdynia

Italy

0

Italy

1

7 June – Tychy

Poland

0

Italy

4

4 June – Bielsko-Biała

Mali

2

Argentina

2 (4)

15 June – Łódź

Mali (p)

2 (5)

Ukraine

3

4 June – Bydgoszcz

South Korea

1

France

2

8 June – Gdynia

United States

3

United States

1

3 June – Lublin

Ecuador

2

Uruguay

1

11 June – Lublin

Ecuador

3

Ecuador

0

4 June – Lublin

South Korea

1

Third place match

Japan

0

8 June – Bielsko-Biała

14 June – Gdynia

South Korea

1

South Korea (p)

3 (3)

Italy

0

3 June – Łódź

Senegal

3 (2)

Ecuador (a.e.t.)

1

Senegal

2

Nigeria

1

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[2] They were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award.

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Lee Kang-in	Serhiy Buletsa	Gonzalo Plata
Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Erling Haaland (9 goals, 0 assists, 270 minutes played)[71]	Danylo Sikan (4 goals, 0 assists, 280 minutes played)[71]	Amadou Sagna (4 goals, 0 assists, 334 minutes played)[71]
Golden Glove
Andriy Lunin
FIFA Fair Play Award
Japan

Goalscorers

There were 153 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Sponsorship

International broadcasters

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This is the list for the tournament broadcasters:^[78]

^EUR - Coverage was not available in Andorra, France, and Spain

^CTA - Coverage was not available in Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Panama

Television and video streaming

Participating nations

Country	Broadcaster
	Free	Pay
Poland (host)	TVP	N/A
Mali  Nigeria  Senegal  South Africa	N/A	SuperSport
Argentina	Televisión Pública	TyC Sports
		DirecTV Sports
Colombia	Caracol
	RCN
Ecuador	Canal Uno
Uruguay	Teledoce
		ANTEL
	Canal 4
	Canal 10
Honduras  Panama	Televisa
Mexico
France	Canal+[79]
French Polynesia	TNTV	Sky Sport
New Zealand	N/A
Honduras	TVC	Tigo Sports
Italy	RAI	Sky Sport
Japan	Fuji TV	J Sports
Mali	ORTM[80]	N/A
Norway	NRK	N/A
Panama	RPC-TV	N/A
	TVN
	TVMax
Portugal	RTP	N/A
Qatar	Al Kass[81]	beIN Sports
Saudi Arabia	N/A
Senegal	RTS[82]	N/A
South Korea	KBS	N/A
	MBC
	SBS
Ukraine	UA:PBC	N/A
United States	Fox (English)
	Telemundo (Spanish)

Non-participating nations

Country/Region	Broadcaster
	Free	Pay
Albania	RTSH	N/A
Andorra	Gol (Spanish)	Canal+ (French)
Spain		N/A
Armenia	APMTV	N/A
Australia	SBS	N/A
Austria	ORF	N/A
Belarus	Belteleradio	N/A
Belgium	VRT (Dutch)	N/A
	RTBF (French)	N/A
Luxembourg		N/A
Bolivia	Unitel	Tigo Sports[83]CTA
	Red Uno
Paraguay	N/A
Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Guatemala  Nicaragua
	Televisa
Brazil	Grupo Globo
	Grupo Band
Brunei	N/A	Astro
Malaysia
Bulgaria	BNT	N/A
Canada	CTV (English)	TSN (English)
		RDS (French)
Caribbean	N/A	DirecTV Sports
Chile  Peru  Venezuela
China	CCTV	N/A
Costa Rica	Teletica	N/A
Croatia	HRT	N/A
Curaçao	Direct Media	N/A
Cyprus	RIK	N/A
Czech Republic	ČT	N/A
El Salvador	TCS	N/A
Estonia	ERR	N/A
EuropeEUR	EBU	N/A
Finland	YLE	N/A
Hong Kong	N/A	i-Cable[84]
Hungary	MTVA	N/A
Iceland	RÚV	N/A
Bangladesh  Bhutan  India  Maldives    Nepal  Pakistan  Sri Lanka	N/A	SPN
Indonesia	Super Soccer TV[85]	N/A
Ireland	RTÉ	N/A
	FreeSports[86]	N/A
United Kingdom		N/A
Israel	KAN	N/A
Jamaica	TVJ	N/A
Latvia	LTV	N/A
Liechtenstein	SRG SSR	N/A
Switzerland
Lithuania	LRT	N/A
Malta	PBS	N/A
Algeria  Bahrain  Chad  Comoros  Djibouti  Egypt  Iran  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  Libya  Mauritania  Oman  Palestine  Somalia  Sudan  Syria  Tunisia  United Arab Emirates  Yemen	N/A	beIN Sports
Montenegro	RTCG	N/A
Myanmar	MRTV	N/A
Netherlands	NOS	N/A
Nicaragua	Televicentro	N/A
	Canal 10
North Macedonia	MRT	N/A
Pacific	N/A	Sky Sport
Peru		N/A
Puerto Rico	Telemundo (Spanish)
	Fox (English)
Romania	TVR	N/A
Russia	Match TV
San Marino	RAI	Sky Sport
Vatican City
Serbia	RTS	N/A
Slovakia	RTVS	N/A
Slovenia	RTVSLO	N/A
Angola  Benin  Botswana  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cameroon  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Chad  Comoros  Congo  DR Congo  Djibouti  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Eswatini  Ethiopia  Gabon  Gambia  Ghana  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Ivory Coast  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Madagascar  Malawi  Mauritania  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Niger  Rwanda  Sao Tome and Principe  Sierra Leone  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Seychelles  Tanzania  Togo  Uganda  Zimbabwe  Zambia	N/A	SuperSport
Tajikistan		N/A
Turkey	TRT	N/A

Radio and audio streaming

Participating nations

Country	Broadcaster
Poland (host)	PR
Colombia	Caracol Radio
	RCN Radio
	Blu Radio
Honduras  Panama	Televisa
Mexico
Italy	RAI
Mali	ORTM[80]
Norway	NRK
Panama	Medcom
Portugal	RTP
Senegal	RTS[82]
Argentina  Colombia  Ecuador  Uruguay	TyC
South Korea	KBS
	MBC
	SBS
Ukraine	UA:PBC
United States	Fox Sports Radio (English)
	Fútbol de Primera (Spanish)

Non-participating nations

Country/Region	Broadcaster
Albania	RTSH
Armenia	HR
Australia	SBS
Austria	ORF
Belarus	Belteleradio
Belgium	VRT (Dutch)
	RTBF (French)
Luxembourg
Brazil	Grupo Globo
	Grupo Band
Bulgaria	BNR
Canada	TSN
Caribbean	TyC
Chile  Peru  Venezuela
Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Guatemala  Nicaragua	Televisa
Costa Rica	Repretel
Croatia	HRT
Curaçao	Direct Media
Cyprus	RIK
Czech Republic	ČR
Estonia	ERR
EuropeEUR	EBU
Finland	YLE
Hungary	MTVA
Iceland	RÚV
Ireland	RTÉ
Israel	KAN
Jamaica	Radio Jamaica
Latvia	LR
Liechtenstein	SRG SSR
Switzerland
Lithuania	LRT
Malta	PBS
Montenegro	RTCG
Myanmar	MRTV
North Macedonia	MRT
Puerto Rico	Fútbol de Primera
	Fox Sports Radio
Romania	RR
San Marino	RAI
Vatican City
Serbia	RTS
Slovakia	RTVS
Slovenia	RTVSLO
Turkey	TRT

References